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Hot Tickets: Jan. 9, 2020

Hot Tickets: Jan. 9, 2020

Posted by | Jan 8, 2020 | , ,

Cirque du Soleil’s Nicole Faubert performs on the aerial duo straps during a rehearsal for “Twas the Night Before …” at the Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden. (Getty Images) Ringing in the new year with holiday-heavy charts The holidays may have passed, but they’re still a force on this week’s Hot Tickets charts. Cirque du Soleil’s “Twas the Night Before …” tops two of the four capacity categories for runs in Hulu Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City and the Chicago Theatre. Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” takes No. 2 in the 5,000 or Less Capacity category for its eight-show stop at the Durham (N.C.) Performing Arts Center. Taking the fifth spot on the More Than 15,000 Capacity list is iHeartRadio’s Jingle Ball, a holiday tradition that played NYC’s Madison Square Garden on Dec. 13. HOT TICKETS is a weekly summary of the top events and ticket… Continue Reading Hot Tickets: Jan. 9, 2020

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Live! Roundup: Malone Stands Out With Fall Arena Trek

Live! Roundup: Malone Stands Out With Fall Arena Trek

Posted by | Jan 6, 2020 |

MALONE AGAIN, NATURALLY: Post Malone performs Nov. 21 at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif. (Getty Images) There was no lag time for American rapper Post Malone, who jumped right into his new “Runaway” tour this fall, fresh on the heels of the 16-month-long “Beerbongs & Bentleys” jaunt that took him to cities on six continents in the past two years. The new tour launched Sept. 14 in Tacoma, Wash., in support of “Hollywood’s Bleeding,” the singer-songwriter’s third studio album, which was released a week earlier. The 10-week fall tour included headlining dates at 29 arenas in the U.S. and Canada, logging more than $56 million in earnings from 475,650 tickets sold at 35 performances. Malone scores two slots on the Hot Tickets chart this month with multimillion-dollar grosses from the final two stops on the fall run. At No. 5 on the More Than 15,000 Capacity chart, a sold-out stint… Continue Reading Live! Roundup: Malone Stands Out With Fall Arena Trek

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2019 Year-End Charts Insights

2019 Year-End Charts Insights

Posted by | Dec 20, 2019 | ,

BTS, shown performing at the Forum in Inglewood, Calif., on Dec. 6, took four spots in the top 15 on the Hot Tickets chart for capacities larger than 30,000. (Getty Images) The color of money: Pink leads the way as 12 touring artists break the $100 million mark in 2019 Pink wrapped her “Beautiful Trauma” tour this fall with a final gross of $384.4 million after a 20-month global run,  the second highest ever by a solo female headliner. Only Madonna’s “Sticky & Sweet” earned more ($411 million in 2008-09). The grosses from Pink’s 2019 dates land her at No. 1 on Pollstar’s Top 100 Worldwide Tours of the year based on a $215.2 million gross and 1.8 million sold tickets at 68 shows. In other highlights: The Spice Girls were back on tour in 2019 for the first time in 11 years, racking up more than $78 million from 13… Continue Reading 2019 Year-End Charts Insights

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Live! Roundup: U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour Just Keeps Growing

Live! Roundup: U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour Just Keeps Growing

Posted by | Dec 1, 2019 |

JOSHUA JAUNT: U2 performs Nov. 12 at Suncorp Stadium in Brisbane, Australia. (Getty Images) U2 has launched this year’s extension of “The Joshua Tree” tour, which began in 2017 with a stadium trek in the Americas and Europe to commemorate the 30th anniversary of the historic 1987 album. The 2019 encore of the tour is a five-week stretch with performances in Oceania and Asia during November and December. It marks the iconic band’s first shows in Australia and New Zealand since the “360” tour nine years ago and the first Asian dates since a Japanese stop on the “Vertigo” tour in 2006. The ”Joshua Tree” tour’s second wave began at Mt Smart Stadium Testosterone Propionate in Auckland, New Zealand, on Nov. 8 and 9. With an overall attendance count reaching 69,823 from both performances, the venue logged a box office haul of $7.3 million to earn the rock veterans the… Continue Reading Live! Roundup: U2’s ‘Joshua Tree’ Tour Just Keeps Growing

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Live! Roundup: Clapton’s Guitar Legends Score With Return to Big D

Live! Roundup: Clapton’s Guitar Legends Score With Return to Big D

Posted by | Nov 1, 2019 |

Eric Clapton plays with Jimmie Vaughan in 2004 during the Crossroads Guitar Festival’s first visit to Texas. (Getty Images) Heading up the highest-grossing concert engagements on Hot Tickets is the sixth edition of Eric Clapton’s Crossroads Guitar Festival, a two-show event Sept. 20-21 at American Airlines Center in Dallas. The box office take from the two concerts totaled $6.3 million with 24,853 tickets sold. Among the 30-plus performers joining Clapton in Dallas were Jeff Beck, Joe Walsh, Bonnie Raitt, Jimmie Vaughan and Tedeschi Trucks Band. It marked a return to the city for the multiple-artist event: The second installment of the guitar fest founded by the three-time Rock & Roll Hall of Fame member took place at Cotton Bowl Stadium in 2004. The festival (benefiting The Crossroads Centre in Antigua, which provides treatment for persons with chemical dependencies) began in 1999 with a performance at Madison Square Garden in New… Continue Reading Live! Roundup: Clapton’s Guitar Legends Score With Return to Big D

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